Program areas at Farmworker Justice
Health projects: Farmworker Justice worked to prevent illness and injury in Farmworker communities by training health personnel on meeting the special needs of farmworkers, working with Farmworker groups to establish health promotion programs, sponsoring occupational safety and health trainings, bringing the public's attention to solutions to dangerous working conditions, advocating in congress and government agencies for stronger occupational safety protections, filing lawsuits against government agencies that violate their legal obligations, and on behalf of injured workers. Farmworker Justice helped Farmworker organizations respond to the covid-19 pandemic by providing prevention and safety information, arranging for distribution of tens of thousands of face masks, and advocating in state and federal agencies for strong safety and health standards.
Other projects include: corporate social responsibilities projects, advocacy, litigation, technical assistance, capacity building on immigration, and labor and occupational safety and health. Our corporate social responsibility projects in the food supply chain seek to empower farmworkers to improve their wages, working conditions and voice at work and ensure that consumers have access to food that is produced responsibly. Our public education efforts include disseminating information through journalists and social media.
Immigration and labor projects: policy monitoring, analysis, advocacy, education, media relations, training, coalition-building and litigation. Specifically, the organization analyzed all major policy developments regarding immigration and labor policy related to farmworkers, disseminated that analysis, helped organizations understand government processes and devised policy positions, and advocated for farmworkers in administrative agencies and congress. It closely monitored guestworker programs, contingent worker arrangements, international labor rights, and labor law developments. It engaged in litigation on behalf of workers to require the u.s. government to enforce laws properly and against employers that do not abide by existing labor protections.